The story of bint Marwan and her death appears in the works of Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Sa’d. According to the reports, her family viewed Muhammad and his followers as unwelcome interlopers in Medina. After the Muslim victory over the Quraysh in Mecca in 624 in the Battle of Badr a number of Muhammad’s opponents were killed after surrendering. She composed poems that publicly defamed the local tribesmen who converted to Islam and allied with Muhammad, and called for his death.[6] In her poems, she also ridiculed Medinians for obeying a chief not of their kin.[7] Ibn Ishaq mentions that bint Marwan also displayed disaffection after the Medinian Abu Afak was killed for inciting rebellion against Muhammad. The poem said: “do you expect good from (Muhammad) after the killing of your chiefs” and asked: “Is there no man of pride who would attack him by surprise/ And cut off the hopes of those who expect aught from him?” Upon hearing the poem, Muhammad then called for her death in turn, saying “Who will rid me of Marwan’s daughter?” Umayr bin Adiy al-Khatmi, a blind man belonging to the same tribe as Asma’s husband (i.e., Banu Khatma) responded that he would. He crept into her room in the dark of night where she was sleeping with her five children, her infant child close to her bosom. Umayr removed the child from Asma’s breast and killed her.